Description
Make rich, creamy cheesecake in individual jars without turning on your oven. This recipe layers a simple graham cracker crust, a sweet white chocolate filling, and tart raspberry topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 4 ounces white chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 cup raspberry preserves or sauce
- Fresh raspberries for garnish
Instructions
- Mix the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in a bowl until evenly moistened. Press about 2 tablespoons of this mixture firmly into the bottom of four small (8-ounce) jars. Chill the crusts for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whip the cold heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
- Fold the slightly cooled melted white chocolate into the cream cheese mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Spoon or pipe half of the cheesecake filling evenly over the chilled crusts in the four jars.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons of raspberry preserves over the filling layer in each jar.
- Top with the remaining cheesecake filling.
- Top each jar with the remaining raspberry preserves. You can swirl lightly with a toothpick if desired.
- Cover the jars and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight, to allow the filling to set completely.
- Garnish with fresh raspberries before serving.
Notes
- For a smoother crust, you can pulse the graham crackers in a food processor.
- If you do not have white chocolate chips, use a good quality white chocolate bar, chopped, and melt it carefully over a double boiler or in short bursts in the microwave.
- You can substitute store-bought raspberry sauce for preserves if you prefer a thinner layer.
- These jars store well, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake/Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 jar
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: 45
- Sodium: 220
- Fat: 38
- Saturated Fat: 22
- Unsaturated Fat: 16
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 48
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 7
- Cholesterol: 110